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4 credit lessons men can learn from women + MORE Apr 27th
New studies reveal women to be smart, savvy spenders, maybe more so than men.... More »
New increased welcome bonus of 3,000 miles on the American Express® AIR MILES®* Platinum Credit Card + MORE Oct 21st
During the first six or so months of the pandemic American Express shifted their focus to enhancing card offers and encouraging spending for existing cardmembers. Those offers were extended to almost all of American Express' cards except for one part of their portfolio, the AIR MILES co-brand .... More »
Can you file multiple years of income taxes together in Canada? + MORE Dec 21st
Tax season is approaching. Soon, more than 30 million Canadians will be filing their tax returns. Most Canadians file their taxes every year but according to a paper from Carleton University, as many as 12% of Canadians don’t, and aside from missing out on tax refunds, this is costing many low inc.... More »
One week left to get in on the best ever bonuses on seven American Express cards - up to 150,000 bonus points! + MORE Jul 28th
Wow time sure is flying by quickly right now! It only seems like yesterday that the best ever offers on seven American Express Cards came out and now we only have one week left to get them! This post is a recap of our post from when these offers launched back in June.These are the seven new card off.... More »
Earn 100 Aeroplan Points for every $5 donated to the Canadian Red Cross (or have Air Canada match your donation) Sep 7th
The Canadian Red Cross’ annual Aeroplan promotion has returned for 2023. During the month of September if you donate to the Canadian Red Cross you can choose to earn Aeroplan points or have your donation matched by Air Canada. Earn 100 points for every $5 donated Aeroplan members who donate du.... More »
Ontario’s largest credit union has struck a deal to buy a division of leasing service Roynat from Scotiabank for an undisclosed sum.
Banking woes easing for some legal pot businesses
– canadianbusiness.com
SALEM, Ore. – In a once-empty office in Oregon’s Department of Revenue headquarters, officials have installed a mini-fortress.
Recently hired workers sit behind bulletproof glass at a window inaccessible to the public. Police officers brought out of retirement roam the building with handguns on their hips. Security cameras monitor the hallways.
The changes, paid for with a $3.5 million budget and inspired by the state’s newly legal marijuana industry, are similar to those Colorado and Washington made for accepting huge cash payments of pot taxes from businesses historically blocked from banking.
Such security arrangements are a necessity for safety reasons, but new statistics suggest that could be starting to change.
Federal data show that the number of banks and credit unions across the country willing to handle pot money under Treasury Department guidelines issued two years ago has jumped from 51 in March 2014 to 301 last month.
More than three years into Washington’s legal pot experiment, a large majority of businesses are paying taxes electronically, a sign of better access to bank accounts…
Recently hired workers sit behind bulletproof glass at a window inaccessible to the public. Police officers brought out of retirement roam the building with handguns on their hips. Security cameras monitor the hallways.
The changes, paid for with a $3.5 million budget and inspired by the state’s newly legal marijuana industry, are similar to those Colorado and Washington made for accepting huge cash payments of pot taxes from businesses historically blocked from banking.
Such security arrangements are a necessity for safety reasons, but new statistics suggest that could be starting to change.
Federal data show that the number of banks and credit unions across the country willing to handle pot money under Treasury Department guidelines issued two years ago has jumped from 51 in March 2014 to 301 last month.
More than three years into Washington’s legal pot experiment, a large majority of businesses are paying taxes electronically, a sign of better access to bank accounts…
Infographic: Credit card complaint rates
– creditcards.com
Some credit lenders manage to lessen the number of complains lodged against them in 2015, compared to 2014
In this undated image provided by the Committee Against Institutionalizing Disabled Persons, a civic group representing the former inmates at the Brothers Home, guards unload children from a truck in Busan, South Korea. An Associated Press investigation shows that rapes and killings of children and the disabled three decades ago at a South Korean institution for so-called vagrants, the Brothers Home, were much more vicious and widespread than previously realized. It also reveals that the secrecy around Brothers has persisted for decades because of a cover-up orchestrated at the highest levels of government.(Committee Against Institutionalizing Disabled Persons via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVEBUSAN, Korea, Republic Of — Three decades ago, a policeman tortured Choi Seung-woo over a piece of bread he found in the boy’s schoolbag.
After being stripped and having a cigarette lighter repeatedly sparked near his genitals, the 14-year-old falsely confessed to stealing the bread…
Flexible travel points credit cards aren’t only for flights, hotels or car rentals! Whale watch excursions count too!
– RewardsCanada.ca
Humpback’s in Maui!As you know Rewards Canada is all about flexibility. We even have our very popular feature on reward card flexibility with the famed yoga infographic. In that piece we state the most flexible travel rewards cards are those that allow you to book travel on your own and redeem for it after the charge posts to your account. What this actually allows you to do is be on vacation or in the midst of any travel, put a travel charge on the card and then when you get home you can redeem your points for the charge(s). Whether it is some train tickets, a ferry ride or even an excursion, as long as it posts as a travel charge you have the ability to redeem for it.Here is an example from a recent trip we had. We booked a whale watch tour in Maui and paid for it with our American Express Gold Rewards card. When the charge posted I noticed it earned double points which meant Pacific Whale Foundation is set as a travel merchant! Sure enough when I went online to see what charges I could use my points on it shows up as a redemption option:The “Use my points” feature on the American Express website is a great way to see what travel related charges you’ve had that can be redeemed for with the card…
